Oct. 28th Wesbsites With Wikispaces

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4:30-6:30 D228 GEC

Welcome and Introductions

Comfort: Restrooms, Drinking Fountains and Vending Machines

Why a classroom website?

  • Communication with parents and students

  • At home access of learning materials and educational websites

  • Efficiency and organization: Keep all your favorite websites and documents in one place so they're easily accessible

  • District mandated

  • Keep absent students up to date


What are the essential pieces for an elementary classroom website?

  • Home page that is kept updated with announcements and events

  • Core subject pages with updated content and several relevant weblinks

  • Calendar or upcoming events and important deadlines


What are the extras for an elementary classroom website?

  • Self Starts and Early Finishers tab

  • Student Centers

  • Teacher Resources

Examples To Evaluate: Classroom Websites Built With Wikispaces


Getting Started

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  • Start a New Wiki

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  • Choose a name for your wiki, fill out the additional information, check the certify box, and then click on Create

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  • Choose the Basic Website option and click on Save

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  • Choose the Protected option and click on Update

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  • Click on the Tiled Box at the top to open up your tools and controls. You will only see the Edit option with this expanded.

  • Then click on Settings

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  • Click on Themes and Colors

  • Choose Boxy

  • Choose from one of the preset color options or choose Preview and Customize to set your own colors

  • Click on Apply


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  • Click on the plus sign next to Pages and Files. This is what you will do each time you want to create a new page.

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  • Give the page a name and click on Create (Make a page for each core subject you teach)

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  • An editing screen will open. For now you can just type the page name and click Save. We will come back to each page and add content.

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  • Click on Edit Navigation (This is where we will create the actual links to each of the pages you already created.)

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  • Remove the widget that will be in the box (not shown) by clicking on it and then click delete on the keyboard.

  • Type the word Home and then space down twice

  • Type the name of each of your pages

  • Drag and highlight over all of your text

  • Go to the font size dropdown and choose 2. If it's too large, you can choose 3.

  • Highlight over Home and then go to Link in your toolbar. Click on the dropdown and find your Home page if it's not already showing and click Add Link.

  • Repeat that process for your other pages. Highlight over each page, go to Link, find the page and click on Add Link.

  • Click Save when you are done, and now all of your links are active and will take you to the correct pages.

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Now the Fun Stuff! Adding Content

Click Here to go to our Useful Websites Page where you can find content to add to your classroom website.

Click Here to go to our Useful Images Page. Images are great to use as hyperlink buttons to websites (especially with younger children).